* For a festive display, put a couple bottles of wine in a galvanized bucket.

* Set up three glass beverage dispensers, with a different holiday-colored drink in each. Add a little dye to reach the desired color.

Give the perfect host gift: The Velvet’s Edge duo suggested giving your party host a bottle of wine and some other small items like chap stick or rosebud salve. You could also put together a winter emergency kit with items such as lip balm, hand lotion and gloves.

While Dec. 31 means a night out on the town for some, others will be opting to host small home parties.

“Velvet’s Edge” bloggers April Bermudez and Kelly Henderson said they are planning an “adult New Year’s Eve” this year. They are asking each guest to bring a dish for their dinner party, and they will ring in 2014 with wine and games.

When it comes to party décor, Bermudez is all about wintry components and “less is more.”

“For New Year’s, I say just take the natural elements from Christmas. With a little winter and a little white, you can convert them into a New Year’s thing,” Bermudez said. “I’m really big on natural, earthy-type things. Anything outside I really believe you can take inside for a short period of time and add life to it.”

Here are some of her party décor ideas:

* Put branches and white lights in clear vases.

* Add spray paint and glitter to pinecones and spread them around the table. You could even attach a tag with each guest’s name to the pinecones.

* Remove all the ornaments from the Christmas tree, leave on the white lights, and change the tree skirt to something earthy like a burlap sack.

* Put tree branches in the middle of the table as the centerpiece.

* Instead of doing individual place settings, position table runners in the opposite direction (going chair to chair) for a different look. This will make the center of the table the focal point.

* For a festive display, put a couple bottles of wine in a galvanized bucket.

* Set up three glass beverage dispensers, with a different holiday-colored drink in each. Add a little dye to reach the desired color.

Give the perfect host gift: The Velvet’s Edge duo suggested giving your party host a bottle of wine and some other small items like chap stick or rosebud salve. You could also put together a winter emergency kit with items such as lip balm, hand lotion and gloves.